Fire breaks out in a 22nd-floor flat at Balewadi

Pune: A fire broke out in the 22nd-floor flat at Balewadi on Saturday evening. There were no casualties but the furniture and electronic goods were destroyed.Station fire officer Shivaji Memane said the fire broke out around 4.30 pm. “We received an emergency call at 4.35 pm when residents of the building spotted flames coming out of the windows. We reached the spot with three fire tenders and a team entered the flat by breaking the door open. The furniture and electronic goods had become charcoal by the time we entered the flat.”“The family had gone out when the fire broke out. We are investigating the reason behind the fire,” he added.